1946 Australian referendum
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The 1946 Australian referendum was held on 28 September 1946. It contained three referendum questions.
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! style="text-align:left;" | Question ! style="width:50px" align=center | NSW ! style="width:50px" align=center | Vic ! style="width:50px" align=center | Qld ! style="width:50px" align=center | SA ! style="width:50px" align=center | WA ! style="width:50px" align=center | Tas ! style="width:70px" align=center |States in favour ! style="width:70px" align=center |Voters in favour ! Result | |
| ---- | (20) Social Services
| {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes|6:0}} | {{Yes|54.4%}} | {{Yes|Carried}} |
| ---- | (21) Marketing
| {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No|3:3}} | {{Yes|50.6%}} | {{No|Not carried}} |
| ---- | (22) Industrial Employment
| {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No|3:3}} | {{Yes|50.3%}} | {{No|Not carried}} |
The referendum was held in conjunction with the 1946 federal election.
Results in detail
=Social Services=
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=Marketing=
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=Industrial Employment=
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See also
References
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{{refn|name=Handbook|Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) {{cite web |url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fnewhandbook%2F2014-10-31%2F0049%22 |title=Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results |publisher=Parliamentary Library of Australia}}}}
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Further reading
- {{cite book |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=laca/inquiryinconch.htm |title=Select sources on constitutional change in Australia 1901-1997}} {{cite book |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_representatives_Committees?url=laca/constitutionalchange/part2.pdf |title=Part 2 - History of Australian Referendums |ISBN=0644484101 |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |date= 24 March 1997}}
- {{cite web |author=Bennett, Scott |year=2003 |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp0203/03rp11 |title=Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment |publisher=Parliamentary Library of Australia |location=Canberra}}.
- Australian Electoral Commission (2007) [http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/referendums/Referendum_Dates_and_Results.htm Referendum Dates and Results 1906 – Present] AEC, Canberra.
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